ablution
拆字法則：ab(away)+lu(wash; about liquid)+tion
n. a clean with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
n. a washing of the hands, body, etc.
Example: He has his daily ablution in the morning.
abnegate
拆字法則：ab(away)+neg(deny)+ate
v. deny, reject or give up something
ps: negate v.取消、否認 renege v.背信、違約
Example: She abnegated that she had said that
abominable
拆字法則：ab(away)+omin(omen)+able(able;tending to這邊用這個解釋比較好)
adj. extremely unpleasant and causing disgust. 極其可惡的、非常討厭的
Example: The abominable noise interrupted my lecture.
aboriginal
拆字法則：ab(away)+origin(beginning, source)+al(condition)
adj. first; earliest; native 原始的
none. one of the original or earliest known inhabitant of a country or region. 原住民
Example: They've found some tools used by the aboriginal (people).
abortive
拆字法則：ab(away)+or(come into being)+t(pronunciation)+ive(tend to)
adj. unsuccessful; failed
Example: Their endeavors proved abortive.
endeavors
拆字法則：en(put in)+deavors(duty)
v. try hard
n. effort
abrasive
拆字法則：ab+ra(scrape)+s(pronunciation)+ive(tending to)
1.adj. an abrasive substance is rough and can be used to clean a suffer of to make it smooth. 打磨的、有打磨作用的
2.adj. a person or their manner rube and unkind; action in a way that may hurt other people's feeling.
Example: We need something abrasive, like sandpaper.
abridge
拆字法則：a(to)+bridge(from brev=short)
v. shorten; reduce, usually be used for book, article, etc.
Example: You can read the abridged edition of the nobel.
abrogate
拆字法則：ab(away)+rogt(ask or beg;pray)+ate(verb)
v. to officially end a law, an agreement, etc.
Example: The ordinance has been abrogated by the city council.
abscond
拆字法則：ab(away)+s(p.)+con(with; together)+d(put; place; make)
v.leave to escape law or debt. 逃亡
Example: The store manager absconded with $10,000.
absolve
拆字法則：ab(away)+solve(to loosen 這是古文原始意思)
v. free from guilty formally.
Example: Although he was stated guiltless, his sins were not absolved.
abstain
拆字法則：ab(away)+s(p.)+tain(hold; keep)
1. v. to decide not to do something, especially you like or enjoy, because it is bad for your health or considered morally wrong. (~ from sth) 戒除
2. v. If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote.
Example: He decided to abstain from drinking.
abstemious
拆字法則：ab(awat)+s(p.)+tem(intoxicating drink)+i(p.)+ous(adj 有fall of的意思)
adj. not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol, or to do something enjoyable. 有節制的（對於食物、酒或享樂的事物）
Example: Abstemious exercise is a wholesome habit.
abstinence
拆字法則：ab(away)+s(p.)+tin(tain)+ence(act) 這是從abstain衍生過來的字
n. 可以看成abstain的名詞型態
Example: Total abstinence from fat is not necessarily good.
abstruse
拆字法則：ab(away)+s(p.)+tr(treat=draw)+u(p.)+se
adj. difficult to understand
synonyms: profound, recondite, obscure
Example: His book is too abstruse for the students.
abut
拆字法則：ad(to)+but(butt)
v. of land or building to be next to something or to have one side to touching the side of something. 鄰接
synonyms: adjoint, border
Example: You should build a wall where your yard abut on your neighbor's.
abysmal
拆字法則：an(not, without or lacking)+bysm(bottom of the sea)+al(condition)
adj. extremely bad or of a very low standard; very very very bed
adj. very deep; bottomless
Example: Herabysmal conceit is shocking.
accede
拆字法則： ac(ad=to)+cede(go or yield)
v. to agree to a request, proposal, etc
v. become a king or queen.
Example: He vowed that he will never accede to her demand.
accelerate
拆字法則：ac(ad=to)+celer(swift)+ate(verb)
v. let a vehicle or person to start to go faster
v. make something happen faster or earlier than expected
Example: I accelerate when I drive on a freeway.
寫這麼多，我發現ab-這個開頭字根非常有趣。就是如果把他想成遠離後面接的負面字根通常都會解的非常不順。所以我就嘗試把他解釋成跟burn away這樣的解釋方法，就是用來加強語氣。發現這樣比較好解的通。如果後面的字根是比較正面的詞語，那再把他解成遠離。
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